Obama Scandal Central

US News & World Report ^ | June 12, 2013 | by Lara Brown

[Oldeconomybuyer]

With the revelations of another new and potentially serious scandal, Obama's presidency becomes more Grant than Lincoln each day.

I mean Ulysses S. Grant's scandal-plagued presidency, which was replete with clumsy denials, regretful dismissals, base enticements and desperate political ploys.

The shocking scandals of the mid-1870s – from the Whiskey Ring's tax evasion and bribery of administrative officials to secretary of War William Belknap and his wife's patronage kickbacks – consumed Grant's second term.

Avoiding this kind of diminished legacy means that Obama must do what Grant could not. He needs to face the seriousness of the allegations which stretch across his administration and welcome in the investigators. Obama should be cleaning house, instead of hunkering down with controversial cabinet members and advisers (e.g., Eric Holder, Susan Rice and Samantha Power). In short, by not engaging to get his presidency back on track, Obama's ensuring that only one sentiment will prevail among the voters in the next election: change.

Only this time, it'll be against him, not for him.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Lara M. Brown, Ph.D., is a political analyst based in Washington, D.C. and the author of "Jockeying for the American Presidency: The Political Opportunism of Aspirants." She also served in President William J. Clinton’s administration at the U.S. Department of Education.

[Red Steel]

As I recall, Grant’s cronyism is super small potatoes compared to Obama’s crime wave.

[Responsibility2nd]

Bucko Fama. He built this nasty corrupt dynasty. Let him rot with the rest of the garbage that is part of the Obama Regime.

[Sicvee]

Grant was a giant of a man, and the nickle-dime corruption in his administration can’t take much away from that fact. obama is a pipsqueak.

[abclily]

Obama’s goal was supposed to be to destroy the Republican party. He is doing as much, if not more, damage to the Democrat party. B-Ho is pulling down our two party system. When are the Democrats going to wake up to the damage he is doing to them?